music Paul McCartney tells the story of writing Eleanor Rigby David Pescovitz

Back in print: chilling collection of 300 dreams under Nazi totalitarianism Mark Frauenfelder

Funny Late cruise ship passenger wins Darwin Award nomination Popkin

education The only technique to learn something new James Altucher

photos Book of Monsters (1914): Early macro photography of creepy crawlies by Marian and David Fairchild Popkin

politics TikTok goes dark, but hopes Trump "will work with us to reinstate" service Rob Beschizza

sleep Research suggests that spiders may dream of webbed sheep Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets Here's how I remember my travel adventures—with an interactive map! Boing Boing's Shop

kansas Badass pageant contestant confronts her abuser on stage Gail Sherman

mistakes Boeing whistleblower claims scrap parts went into Dreamliners Rob Beschizza

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Optimize your hell by adding RFK, Jr. to the mix via his online "Real Debate" Jennifer Sandlin

art Impressive propaganda in an immersive Turkish panorama painting Natalie Dressed

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

climate change Climate scientists thinking twice about getting pregnant Yoy Luadha

crime Former police chief charged in rehab center rape Rob Beschizza

zombies Tired Trump sleepwalks out of the courtroom, smacks his lips, and calls his trial "breathtaking" (video) Carla Sinclair

podcasts Listen to this eerily immersive audio tour of a real-life Bates Motel Thom Dunn

art The mysterious case of missing art curator Barton Kestle Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids King Charles abdicates, Hollywood's most hated hunk, and Taylor Swift's engagement in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

1970s "Pickled People" were heads made out of stuffed panty hose and smushed into jars, and people in the 1970s bought them for fun Jennifer Sandlin